Don't waste good paper! / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

May 24, 2025 4:27am CST

My brother became totally blind around 50 years of age but it didn’t stop him restoring old tractors and farm machinery. I found the tractor museum at Carnamah very interesting as I could relate to some of the practices there. This museum liked to have their tractors in working order and all those that are capable of being started are cranked up from time to time. The photo shows a scrap piece of cardboard with indications of when the tractor was last started. You can see that the model in the photo had been started in February and October 2024 and in February 2025. These notices were tucked somewhere on most of the tractors in the two sheds. I wouldn't be wasting paper on such notices either. When Vin and I were 'making things', we always wrote measurements on scraps of material that were in the shed. In this instance, cardboard would last a lot longer than paper too.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (474694)

• Italy

17h

I do the same. I use scraps of paper to take notes such as grocery lists and so on. It's a shame to waste good paper for something that you need to read once and then you throw.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (353964)

• Rockingham, Australia

14h

I use whatever I can find - backs of envelopes, junk mail that is only printed on one side - it can all be used for lists.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (474694)

• Italy

14h

@JudyEv I also use the back of the envelopes, everything is good and I prefer paper and pen to smartphones, at least I know that I see the note in the morning.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (353964)

• Rockingham, Australia

@LadyDuck I haven't worked out how to use my phone for lists. And, if you're away from civilisation, sometimes you don't have a signal so the phone is useless.

OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (95073)

• Arvada, Colorado

11h

That is astounding about your brother Judy! You lot are made of strong stuff.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (353964)

• Rockingham, Australia

My Mum made it to 104. I think she was made of VERY strong stuff.

snowy

@snowy22315 (189921)

• United States

13h

I like to use scrap paper that would otherwise be tossed.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (114008)

• El Paso, Texas

12h

I would be devastated if I lost my sight, your brother is really brave.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (353964)

• Rockingham, Australia

It was incredible how good he was with doing whatever he set his mind to.

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23426)

• United Kingdom

12h

I am terrible where notes are concerned as l tend to lose them but have now gone over to using a little note pad & jot things down in it.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (353964)

• Rockingham, Australia

Certainly you can easily lost bits of paper. The small note pads are a good idea, for sure.

Xavier Bage

@franxav (14125)

• India

13h

I am a person who doesn't want to waste good paper. When old exercise books of our students are sold out to the collector man " bhanga tuta man" ( literally broken things collector), I tear off the unused pages and keep them in a file . Many times they are useful for our children to practice their mathematics.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (353964)

• Rockingham, Australia

39s

I've done that too. Just thrown out the pages that can't be used.